Hypertext Webster Gateway: "forbearance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Forbearance \For*bear"ance\, n.
The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.
He soon shall findForbearance no acquittance ere day
end. --Milton.
2. The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward
offenders or enemies; long-suffering.
Have a continent forbearance, till the speed of his
rage goe? slower. --Shak.
Syn: Abstinence; refraining; lenity; mildness.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
forbearance
n 1: good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence [syn: {patience},
{longanimity}] [ant: {impatience}]
2: a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges;
refraining from acting; "his forbearance to reply was
alarming"
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